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// Thursday October 25 2012
6
Exhibit
A
Been to the Auckland Art
Gallery lately? Catherine Healy
met one of the people who
works behind the scenes to
make every exhibition a
wonderful experience..
Photo by Catherine Healy
Have you ever noticed that the spaces inside the
Auckland Art Gallery change from one exhibition to
another? Internal walls appear and disappear as if by
magic.
Sure, it's not the reason you go to the gallery, but did
you ever consider that the way the show is laid out
has as much impact on your experience as the art?
Scott Everson is an exhibition designer at the gallery.
It's his job to interpret the curator's vision, work with
the artists and come up with a solution that works for
visitors.
It's as though the job was made for him. He's an AUT
visual arts graduate who worked on his own art prac-
tice and ran a co-operative gallery space in Newmar-
ket.
His father had a commercial painting business and
Mr Everson funded his university studies by painting
buildings.
As it turns out, all that time spent on building sites has
come in very handy. His job involves project manag-
ing everything from the colours on the gallery walls to
the lighting, construction of internal walls and com-
ing up with discreet but sturdy supports for enormous
pieces of art.
"I must have spent a year looking for an interesting
arts related job. I was about to give up and bail for
Melbourne when I saw a gallery technician job come
up."
He spent five years doing the physical labour of han-
dling and installing artworks before he got the chance
to take up the designer's role.
"I was lucky to step in just as the gallery redevelopment
was taking off. It was an incredible opportunity."
He's gratified by the international recognition the proj-
ect has received. "Now I get regular phone calls ask-
ing how we did this or that, who we used and how it
worked."